Jason Wuertz
Software Engineer
Cornwall,Prince Edward Island
Summary
Experienced generalist full stack engineer seeking a challenging opportunity to further existing software development, project management and leadership skills to make a tangible impact. Excited by projects that leverage extensive experience in software development and infrastructure design while learning new technologies and methodologies.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Full Stack Software Engineer - Contract
Candian Health Labs
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
09.2022 - Current
- Developing a RESTful API using Nest.js and TypeORM
- Designing and implementing a Angular + NGRX frontend
- Configuring Keycloak as an Identity Management Platform to support RBAC for API endpoints and application security
- Performing need finding and team leadership to align a rapidly assembled team of full time and part time contractors
- Provisioning cloud infrastructure and configuring a Docker based deployment approach
Software Engineer
Convictional Inc.
Remote, PE
09.2020 - 09.2022
- Participated in, or lead, 4 major enterprise integration projects over 2 years from requirements gathering to go-live.
- Designed and implemented self-serve, configurable webhook product offering that is now serving multiple enterprises in production. New enterprise integrations leveraging this system saw complexity reduced by ~80%.
- Created additional product onboarding content for new hires and hosting workshops for new hire cohorts to answer questions regarding production functionality.
- Established net new Technical Engagement team to provide professional services to our enterprise customers. This includes creating team handbooks, introducing new processes and hiring team members.
- Participated in project planning, architecture design, UX design and technical implementation of full stack features using Golang, React and MongoDB
- Frequently interacted with customers to discuss project progress, collected feedback, and directly address concerns.
Senior Software Analyst
Maximus Canada
Charlottetown, PE
05.2018 - 09.2020
- Led modernization efforts of legacy frameworks by designing, researching and implementing modular, configurable architectures leveraging ELK, Docker, Kubernetes, TypeScript (Molecular.js), Angular and OracleDB.
- Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
- Introduced agile methodologies and development best practices to division to enhance product development. This increased parallel projects from 1 to 3 allowing for more efficient resource use and increasing project planning accuracy.
- Planned and developed new interfaces and team structures to more effectively onboarding junior develops and boost productivity. Median time for new hires to contribute production ready code decreased from 1 month to 8 days.
- Mentored 10+ junior developers as they progressed resulting in gradual promotions for junior developers to team lead status
- Participated in customer onsite activities to verify system functionality, train users, and gather additional requirements.
- Lead the migration from Apache Solr to Elasticsearch to decrease search times by >50% and decrease indexing complexity by a factor or 3. This included the creation of several Logstash pipelines to sync search indices with OracleDB data.
Masters Student
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, NB
06.2016 - 05.2018
- Developed a research platform game in Unity 5.6 (C#) for user behavior research. Utilized various technologies to create a comprehensive website that guides MechanicalTurk participants through the study (Python, JavaScript, SQLite, MongoDB).
- Lead, authored, edited and published various papers with up to 9 international researchers on various game development and design topics.
- Presented at multiple ACM CHI conferences for published papers. Presented a overview of all research at MIGS 2018.
- Performed peer reviews of paper submissions for ACM CHI.
- Completed advanced, graduate level courses in Parallelization, Computer Vision and AI/ML.
Software Consultant & UX Researcher
Freelance
Charlottetown, PE
05.2016 - 04.2018
- Conducted initial user need finding studies to inform product design.
- Designed and implemented a MVP offering for a new, local start-up using Ionic 3 with faster iterations based on CEO and CTO feedback.
- Recruited and onboarded software developers to assume maintenance and development duties after contract end.
- Performed heuristic evaluations of existing UX designs to identify areas of improvement and compiled a C-Suite report on product usability.
Education
Master of Science - Human Computer Interaction
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, NB 05.2016 - 08.2018
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, PE 09.2012 - 08.2016
Skills
Full Stack Development
undefinedTimeline
Full Stack Software Engineer - Contract
Candian Health Labs
09.2022 - Current
Software Engineer
Convictional Inc.
09.2020 - 09.2022
Senior Software Analyst
Maximus Canada
05.2018 - 09.2020
Masters Student
University of New Brunswick
06.2016 - 05.2018
Software Consultant & UX Researcher
Freelance
05.2016 - 04.2018
Master of Science - Human Computer Interaction
University of New Brunswick
05.2016 - 08.2018
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Prince Edward Island
09.2012 - 08.2016
Technologies
Languages
- Golang
- JavaScript/TypeScript
- Python
- HTML 5, CSS3, SCSS
- SQL & NoSQL
- C#
- Java
- Delphi
Servers, Tools & Libraries
- Docker, Kubernetes, PM2 (KeyMetrics)
- NodeJS, D3.js, Angular 2+, Ionic 3, gin-gonic/gin, React, Flask
- Oracle, PlSQL, SQLite, MongoDB
- Git, SVN
- ELK, Unity, MeteorJS
- GitLab, JIRA, GitHub
- AWS, GCP
Technologies
Languages
- Golang
- JavaScript/TypeScript
- Python
- HTML 5, CSS3, SCSS
- SQL & NoSQL
- C#
- Java
- Delphi
Servers, Tools & Libraries
- Docker, Kubernetes, PM2 (KeyMetrics)
- NodeJS, D3.js, Angular 2+, Ionic 3, gin-gonic/gin, React, Flask
- Oracle, PlSQL, SQLite, MongoDB
- Git, SVN
- ELK, Unity, MeteorJS
- GitLab, JIRA, GitHub
- AWS, GCP
Technologies
Languages
- Golang
- JavaScript/TypeScript
- Python
- HTML 5, CSS3, SCSS
- SQL & NoSQL
- C#
- Java
- Delphi
Servers, Tools & Libraries
- Docker, Kubernetes, PM2 (KeyMetrics)
- NodeJS, D3.js, Angular 2+, Ionic 3, gin-gonic/gin, React, Flask
- Oracle, PlSQL, SQLite, MongoDB
- Git, SVN
- ELK, Unity, MeteorJS
- GitLab, JIRA, GitHub
- AWS, GCP
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